Dr. Wayne A. Harrell, age 84, of Joplin, Mo., passed away on Saturday November 11, 2017, at Joplin Gardens, following an illness.

Wayne was born on March 22, 1933 in Kearney, Ne., the son of the late Arthur G. and Margaret (Weinle) Harrell. He served in the United States Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He attended schools in Kearney, Ne. and Jefferson City, Mo. He graduated from Wichita High School East. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Wichita State University and his Ed.D. from the University of Northern Colorado. He was a music educator at Lakin, Ks., Belle Plaine, Ks., Wichita High School West, Pittsburg State University, and Missouri Southern State University. He retired from MSSU in 1995 after twenty-five years of teaching. He loved teaching and still had several horn students. He performed, taught and played golf every day up until his illness.

Wayne was a member of First United Methodist Church for forty-seven years. He taught the Tri-M Class, sang in the choir, and served on the board. He was formerly a member of the Wichita Symphony, the Springfield Symphony, and the MSSU Symphony. He was a member of MMEA, MENC, The International Horn Society, and the Lionbackers. This fall he was inducted into the MSSU Athletic Hall of Fame. He loved playing golf and watching all types of college sports.

http://www.masonwoodard.com/book-of-memories/3302050/Harrell-Dr-Wayne/obituary.php

The Shocker (Wichita State University Alumni Magazine), Spring 2018

Music was always the key subject to Wayne A. Harrell ’58/59 – as a music education and instrumental music student at the University of Wichita, as a horn player, and as a music educator at Kansas high schools, at Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan., and Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo., from which he retired as professor in 1995 after 25 years of teaching.

While at WU, he served as president of the music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and of the student chapter of the Music Educators National Conference. He was a member of the Wichita Symphony and the drum major of the Shocker Marching Band.

Harrell earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees at WU, and began his career as a teacher and band director at Kansas public high schools in Lakin, Belle Plaine and Wichita. He also served two years in the U.S. Army during the Korean War – and, yes, he played in Army bands. Performing was a constant for this career music man, who played horn with the Springfield Symphony, the MSSU Symphony, and was a member of the Central Plains Brass Quintet.

In 1970, when serving as an assistant professor of music at Pittsburg State, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Then, while at MSSU, he took up music department chair duties in 1972 and in 1975 became chair of the fine arts department.

A member of the International Horn Society and a life member of the WSU Alumni Association, Wayne Harrell died Nov. 11, 2017 in Joplin, Mo.

— Connie Kachel White

Missouri Southern Athletics Hall of Fame: http://www.mssulions.com/news/2017/7/20/general-missouri-southern-announces-2017-athletics-hall-of-fame-class.aspx

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